Guide to Your Financial Life
WSJ Week #5
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1.
A check that may be purchased for a fee at a store, bank, or post office that
allows one person to pay money to another is called
A
Check Without Recourse Order
B
Fee Simple Order
C
a Money Order
D
Simple Recourse Order
2.
A kind of savings account typically offered by banks and credit unions that offers
higher interest rates than a regular savings account is called a
A
Money Market Account
B
Marginally Higher Interest Account
C
Marginal Savings Account
D
Higher Interest Rate Account
3.
The amount paid for using someone else's money is referred to as
A
Financing Cost
B
Interest
C
Principle
D
Jail Time
4.
A person who dies without a legal will is said to be
A
Beyond Probate
B
Inescrow
C
Intestate
D
Without representation
5.
The terms used when a person writes a check or uses a debt card to take out more
money than is in his or her checking account is referred to as
A
Poor Asset Management
B
Debit Elimination
C
Closed End Transaction
D
Insufficient Funds
6.
Items of value that can be converted into cash are called
A
Claims
B
Assets
C
Liabilities
D
Equity
7.
In a bond, the interest rate paid each year is called
A
the Coupon Rate
B
the Yield to Maturity
C
the Yield to Date
D
the Rate Outstanding
8.
A card that looks like a credit card but works more like a personal check is a
A
Master Card
B
Withdrawal Card
C
Debit Card
D
Checking Card
9.
An easily accessible account at a bank or credit union that pays a modest interest rate
on your savings is a
A
Teller Account
B
Bank Book Account
C
Savings Account
D
Routine Monthly Account
10.
A type of account that pays a fixed interest rate if you agree to leave your money alone
for a certain period of time is called
A
a Time Sensative Account
B
a Commercial Paper
C
a Certificate of Deposit
D
a Bank Note
11.
On your paycheck, the money subtracted to pay for Social Security and Medicare is called
A
SSTA
B
SSMC
C
ERISA
D
FICA
12.
A financial cooperative owned by its members that acts much like a bank is a
A
Credit Union
B
Lenders Association
C
Fiduciary Alliance
D
Micro-Bank
13.
Financial Institutions such as savings banks and savings and loans are called
A
People's Financials
B
Premium Financials
C
Thrifts
D
Coupon Institutions
14.
The mathematical rule for fiiguring out how long it will take to double your money is
A
the Guide of twelves
B
the Rule of twelves
C
the Rule of 72
D
the Guide of 72
15.
In banking terms APY stands for
A
Advanced Principle Yield
B
Adjusted Primary Yield
C
Annual Percentage Yield
D
Average Principle Yield
16.
In banking terms ATM stands for
A
Average Transactional Method
B
Adjusted Transferable Mortgage
C
Automated Teller Machine
D
Average Time to Maturity
17.
When you write a check or make payments with your debit card that exceed the
amount of money that you have in your account, it is called
A
Overdraft
B
Bounce Draft
C
Over and back
D
Bounce Back
18.
a bank service where the bank agrees to loan you the money to cover your bounced
check up to a certain amount is called
A
Overdraft Insurance
B
Overdraft Protection
C
Bounced Protection
D
Bounced Insurance
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